Curtain-rod fixture



H. O. WQLFF .CURTAIN ROD FIXTURE Filed July 17. l922 Patented Jan. 29, 1924 UNETED STATES P F i Q E CUR-TAI1\TROD FIXTURE.

Application filed July 17,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, HARRY O. WOLFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Rod Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates, generally, to curtain fixtures or supporting structures for curtains, but has particular relation to improvements in fixtures for window curtains, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and combination of the various parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

One of the objects of the invention, is, to provide a' curtain supporting structure comprising a rod having curved or laterally extended ends provided with means for co-operation or detachable locking engagement with supporting brackets of a very. simple and novel construction, whereby a curtain can be easily moimted on the rod and properly adjusted thereon, after which, the rod ends can be readily placed in operative position or engagement with the supporting brackets and be held thereby in a firm and secure manner against accidental dislocation in any direction, and whereby the curtain will be suspended at a distance from the window-frame, but in parallel ism with the vertical plane thereof.

Another object is to provide a curtain supporting structure or fixture adaptable for very wide or double Windows requiring a pair of curtains located side by side, or edgewise to one another, of such construction and arrangement of its parts that it can be adjusted to window-frames of different widths, andwill be supported at its ends by brackets embodying features of the invention, in a secure manner against acci dental dislocation in any direction, yet so that they can be readily detached and removed from the brackets.

A further object is the provision of an improved bracket for the ends of the cur tain rod, which bracket is of such construc..- tion as to be interchangeable or. reversible, thus requiring no time or care in selectively positioning it.

A still further object is the provision of a link or member for co operation with an end of the rod and one of said brackets,

1922. Serial No. 575.469.

whereby curtain rods of the ordinary construction, with curved ends, can be used in connection with my improved bracket, without alteration in said rod.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the following description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing- Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the invention as embodied in a structure designed for a double or very wide window frame and employing an intermediate sup porting bracket for the curtain rod.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the invention embodied in a structure adapted for a narrow or single window.

Fig. 3 is a slightly enlarged or exaggerated View in side elevation showing one of the supporting brackets mounted on a wall or window frame and a portion of one of the laterally extended ends of a curtain rod engaging said bracket and supported thereby. Fig. 4 is a fragmental side view of a laterally extended end portion of the curtain rod.

Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of one of the brackets employed for supporting one of the laterally extended end portions of the curtain rod.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view of an intermediate bracket employed for supporting the inner ends of the curtain rods when used as shown in Fig. 1 for a double or wide window frame.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing a modification in the construction of the curved or laterally extended end of the curtain rod illustrating it in engagement with a supporting bracket, which is shown as mounted on a portion of a window frame, and

F ig. 9 is a perspective view of still anothermodified construction of an end of the curtain rod.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different viewsof thedrawings.

The reference numeral 10 designates portions of the upright parts of a window frame to each of the side ones of which is secured near its upperend a supporting bracket designated as a whole by the numeral 11, which as shown is made of a single piece of flat metal and has intermediate its ends a recs tangular frame-like portion 12 extended out of the plane of the feet orrsecuring member 13 of the bracket, each of which members is provided with an opening 14 for the reception of screws or other fastening devices used for securing the bracket to its support.

' As is clearly shown in different views of the drawing, the bracket for each outer end of thecurtain rod is disposed vertically with respect to its support 10 and in such a way that the frame-like portion 12 will extend at a right angle from the face of its support. The face of the frame-like portion 12 of the bracket is provided with a pair of vertically aligned slots 15 and 16, which are spaced apart at their adjacent ends by means of a short portion 17 of the face 12 of the frame, which portion constitutes a locking bar for one of the curved end portions of the curtain rod. In Fig. 5 it will be observed that the slots 15 and 16 have their outer ends extended slightly intd the horizontally disposed portions of the frame 12 for the purpose to be presently explained.

When using my structure for a double window frame or a very wide one as illus trated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, an intermediate bracket 18 having at one of its ends an offset apertured foot 19 to be secured to a portion 10 of the window frame so as to extend horizontally and inwardly therefromat a right angle, is employed. This bracket 18has near its free end two pairs of transversely arranged slots 29, the members of each pair being spaced apart by a portion 30 of the body of the bracket, as will be clearly understood by reference to Fig. 7 of the drawings. The slots 29 of each pair thereof are located in vertical alignment when the bracket 18 is in its operative position, and said pairs of slots are slightly spaced one from the other.

In employing the structure for a double or wide window frame, two curtain rods are employed, each of which consists of a substantially flat and substantially tubular over-rod 31 having a laterally extended portion 32 at its outer end, and a straight inner end into which is telescoped an inner rod section 33 which is straight throughout its length. The end of each of the curved or elbow shape portions 32 of each of the sec- .tions 31 is provided with a longitudinally disposed slot 34, see Fig. 1, which slot terminates at its inner end with an enlargement 35 disposed transversely with respect to the portion 32 and slot 34; so as to assume a vertical position when placed in operative position with its securing bracket. At its exposed end'each of the sections 33 is provided with a longitudinally disposed slot 134 similar to that shown in Fig. t and above described, which slots are for eo-operation with the slots 29 of the intermediate bracket to suit window 15131116805 different width,

and that by sliding the slotted end of the section 33 of one of said rods along the tongue or portion 30 of the intermediate bracket 18 until the enlargement 35 or inner termination of the slot 3a in said section reaches'the portion 30, the said section by reason of its weight and the weight of the curtain carried thereby, will be depressed so that the upper portion of the enlarge ment 35 will engage the portion 30 and prevent longitudinal movement of the section 33 until it shall be raised out'of locking engagement with the part 30 of the inter mediate bracket.

By placing the end 32 of one of therods into the slots 15 and 16 of one of the sup porting brackets 11, and extending it within the frame-like portion 12 of said bracket until the enlargement 35 of the slot 34 in theend portion 32 registers with the locking bar or portion 17 of the bracket, and until the free ends of the prongs 36 ofv the end piece 32 approaches the face of the support 10, it is manifest that the section 31 and its extension 32 will by reason of their weightand that of the curtain which they support, be slightly depressed from a horizontal position to a horizontally inclined position as shown in Fig. 3, thus causing'the upper portion of the enlargement 35 or terminal of the slot 34 to engage the bar or portion 17 ofv the bracket and thereby lock the part 32 against removal from the bracket'until the curtain rod shall be raised sufficiently to permit the portion 17 of the bracket to register with the slot 3 1 when it is apparent that the part 32 may be withdrawn from the bracket.

It will be understood by reference to Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawing that as the laterally extended portion 32 of the section 31 of each rod is somewhat narrower than the'space between the horizontally disposed portions of the frame 12 of the, bracket and that as the outer extremities of the-slots 15 and '16 are extended through the portions of the horizontal parts of the frame 12 adjacent the face of said frame, that after the extension 32 has been inserted in the slots 15 and 16 and caused to engage the locking bar 17 of the bracket, a slight canting movement of the member 32 will be permitted so that in downwardly inclining saidmember'the bar 17, when by removing the extension 32 from the bracket, the bar 17 will be free 'to pass through the slot 34 of the lateral extension of the curtain rod.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing a structure is shown which is adapted for a narrow or singlewindow frame, and the construction of the curved outer ends 32 of the curtain rod and the construction of the supporting brackets is the same as above described and as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 to 5 inclusive, but in the construction now under consideration, the curtain rod consists of two telescoping sections 37 and 38 only, the straight sections 33 employed in the structure shown in Fig. 1 being omitted.

Fig. 8 illustrates a modification in the manner of connecting the curved end of a curtain rod with one of the supporting brackets of the construction above described.

. This modification consists in employing a link 39 which is inserted at one of its ends into the outer portion of the section 31 of the curtain rod and has its other end of the same construction as shown in Fig. 4 and above described, to co-operate with the supporting bracket -11 in'a similar manner to that above described. The link 39 is inserted into the tubular outer portion of the extension 32 before the section 31 is provided with the elbow shown, and said link is provided at the outer extremity of the portion 32 with an offset 40 to render the in sertion of the section 32 and the link into the hem of a curtain more easy.

In Fig. 9 is shown another modification in the construction of one of the curved ends of the curtain rod for adapting it to engage one of the supporting brackets. This modification consists of a link 41 of such dimensions as to enable one end of it to be inserted a suitable distance in the outer end of the curved extension 32 of the curtain rod where said link may be secured by friction or any suitable means. The outer end of the link 41 is of the same construction as the outer portion of the curved extension 32 shown in Fig. 4 and is employed for engagement with the supporting bracket 11 of the construction above set forth.

By the use of the link .41 it is manifest that the curtain rod having a curved extension can be equipped with the link 41 without anyalterationwhatever in-said rod. While the intermediate bracket 18 is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing asbeing provided with "two pairs of aligned andspaced slots in its supporting-arm, yet it is evident that oneof said pairs of'slots only may be used, in which case said slots should be of sufficient width to accommodate a .pair of the straight rods 33, which would be placed one against the other when fitted in the slots of :the intermediate bracket.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-' 1. In a curtain supporting structure, the combination of a curtain rodhavi-ng a laterally curved end'portion provided with a part having a longitudinally extended slot therein,- said slot having its outer end open and its inner end terminating with an enlargement, of a supporting bracket for said rod end, said bracket consisting of a substantially rectangular frame having a flat face provided with a pair of aligned slots with closed ends spaced apart at their adjacent ends by a portion of said face of the frame,

thereby providing a bar to pass through the,

slot of the said rod end portion and to engage the enlarged terminal of the last named slot for removably locking together said parts upon the insertion of the rod end into the slots of the bracket.

2. In a curtain supporting structure, the combination of a curtain rod having a laterally curved end portion provided with a removable part having a longitudinally extended slot therein, said slot having its outer end open and its inner end terminating with an enlargement, of a supporting bracket for the end of said rod, said bracket consisting of a substantially rectangular frame having a flat face provided with a pair of aligned slots with closed ends, a portion of the face of said frame interposed between the adjacent ends of the slots in said face to furnish a bar to pass through the slot of the said removable part of the end portion of the rod and to engage the enlarged terminal of the last named slot for removably locking together said parts upon the insertion of the rod end into the slots of the bracket.

3. In a supporting structure for double curtains, an intermediate curtain rod supporting bracket consisting of an L-shaped member adapted to be secured at one of its ends toan upright support and having near its other end two pairs of side by side transversely arranged aligned slots, the slots of 7 each pair being open at their outer ends and spaced at their inner ends by a portion of said member to receive and engage the slotted ends of curtain rods on either side of the bracket.

k 4.111 a supporting structure for double curtains, an intermediate curtain rod sup.-

porting bracket consisting of an L-shaped member adapted to be secured at one of its ends to anupright support and havingnear its other en'dtwo pairs of side by side transverselyarranged aligned slots, the slots of each pair, being open at their outer-ends and spaced at their inner ends by a portionits endsprovided with a pair of aligned and spaced apart slots, of an intermediate bracket having an arm provided with two pairs of transversely aligned slots, the slots of each pair being spaced apart at their ad jacent'ends, a pair of curtain rods each having a laterally extended curved portion at its outer end supported in the slots'o't" said end brackets and straight end portions eachprovided with a slot having its outer end open,

and its inner end terminating in an en: largement to receive and engagemthe portions between the aligned slots of the intermediate bracket.

6. A curtain-supporting fixture including in-coinbination a curtain rod having a laterrally curved end portion provided with a p'art'having a longitudinally extended slot therein, said slot having its outerend open a and its inner end terminating with an en largeinent, w th a supportingbracket for sa1d rod end consisting of a substantially rectangular frame having-a flat face provided with a pair of aligned slotswith closed ends spaced apartvat their-adjacent ends by a portion of said face of the frame,

said: portion adapted to engage within the enlargement of said curtain rodslot.

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